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This talk was recorded at the 2017 Animal Activist Forum in Melbourne. To find out more about this forum and future ones, see the Animal Activist Forum website, which has links to their social media pages. More talks from the forum will be available on that website soon.

Talk recorded by Kate from Freedom of Species radio show on 3CR. Freedom of Species is broadcast live 1-2pm Sundays on 855AM for those in Melbourne. If you’re outside of Melbourne, you can live stream the shows at www.3cr.org.au and old episodes are available through the Freedom of Species website and via iTunes.

Further information about this talk from the forum booklet is below:

Nick Pendergrast

THE INSTITUTE FOR CRITICAL ANIMAL STUDIES, OCEANIA

Academic and activist reflections on the animal advocacy movement

Biography: Nick Pendergrast has had many years of experience as an animal advocate. He has also done a lot of research on the movement, including completing a PhD thesis on animal activism, in the field of Sociology (theconversation.com/profiles/nick-pendergrast-5089). He teaches Sociology at the University of Melbourne. He is also a part of the Institute for Critical Animal Studies Oceania collective (criticalanimalstudies.org/icas-oceania/) and co-hosts Progressive Podcast Australia, which covers animal rights and a wide range of other social justice issues (ProgressivePodcastAustralia.com).

Presentation Summary: This talk will draw on my own experiences as an animal activist over the past decade or so. I will also discuss how these experiences led me to carry out a PhD thesis on the animal advocacy movement. This thesis applied sociological theories on social movements and organisations to the animal advocacy movement in Australia and the United States. I will draw on parts of this thesis that are particularly relevant to animal activism generally and vegan activism specifically. I will finish with some recommendations for animal activists, based on both my academic research and experiences as an activist.

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